Top security alert, code named Grade-1, has been issued in the capital to ensure foolproof security on the eve of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Bangladesh.
Sonia Gandhi, also president of the United Progressive Alliance, arrives in Dhaka tonight to attend an international conference on autism at the invitation of the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
Sonia Gandhi will also receive the highest state honour 'Swadhinata Sammanona' on behalf of her mother-in-law, slain Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, for her outstanding contribution to Bangladesh liberation war in 1971.
The security on the border has also been put on the highest alert, intelligence sources told the news agency.
In the capital, hundreds of plainclothes police and intelligence personnel have been posted at strategic points including Shahjalal International Airport, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, the conference venue, and Hotel Rupashi Bangla (formerly Hotel Sheraton) where Sonia Gandhi will be staying during her nearly 24-hour visit.
A security camp has also been set up outside Hotel Rupashi Bangla.
Apart from Sonia Gandhi, first lady of Sri Lanka Shiranthi Rajapaksa, first lady of Indonesia Ani Bambang Yudhoyono, speaker of National Assembly of Pakistan Fehmida Mirza, second lady of the Maldives Ilham Hussain, health minister of Bhutan Zangling Drukpa, high level delegation and representatives from more than a dozen countries and World Health Organisation will attend the autism conference.
All the four dignitaries will be given VVIP security protection.
Soruce : New Age
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